Benoit Berthelet
Pyros: Painting with Fire (2014)
Season 1
From Berlin to Seoul and Rio to Montreal, this explosive docuseries follows the globe-trotting and thrill-seeking artists and technicians of Montreal's Groupe Fiatlux-Ampleman ('GFA').
Released April 22, 2014
Episode 30 min
None+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.fireworks, tmdb.travel, tmdb.discovery, tmdb.documentary-filmmaking
Watch Providers: Amazon Prime Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Magellan TV, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads + 2 more, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Xive TV Documentaries Amazon Channel
Production Companies: MagellanTV
Network: Discovery
S1E1 - Quebec City Carnival
Tonight is a breakout opportunity for the GFA. They have won the bid to open the world's biggest winter festival, the Quebec City Carnival. The festival holds a special place in the hearts of the GFA team. A tradition going back 100 years, it will be a challenging show that has to be timed perfectly to live music.
April 22, 2014, midnight
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S1E2 - Congo
The boys storm the Congo and fight to fire a show while all hell breaks lose around them. With his brother, Mathieu, Philippe returns to the Congo after swearing to never return, to help set up a massive show to celebrate their independence day.
April 29, 2014, midnight
S1E3 - Istanbul
Phil and Eric tangle with a rowdy crew from from Australia. Along with this other team, they must pull off a humongous firework show arming a 1.5 kilometer bridge. Their biggest test in Istanbul is about to begin.
May 6, 2014, midnight
S1E4 - Berlin
When GFA competes on the international stage, the gloves come off. They are outnumbered and outgunned, but are still betting they can take home a trophy. The little team from Montreal is determined to hold its own.
May 13, 2014, midnight
S1E5 - Rio and Quebec City
An international double header in two hemispheres has GFA reeling. Can they pull off the biggest night of the year, New Years eve, on home turf and Rio simultaneously?
May 20, 2014, midnight
S1E6 - Valencia and Barcelona
All hell breaks loose on the streets of Valencia. Philippe and Sabastien, two of GFA's stars, are going on a mission to the Mecca of fireworks. They'll be overseas and possibly in over their heads...
May 27, 2014, midnight
S1E7 - St. Jean Baptiste
Two days. 17 shows. And GFA is off the rails. St. Jean Baptiste day in Quebec inspires more passion and emotion than any other holiday. The celebration is going to blow the roof off every town in the province.
July 3, 2014, midnight
S1E8 - Vancouver and France
Sebastien launches an all out assault on Vancouver's waterfront. Benoit and Phillepe are in France, in their first international competition. It's been hard as their rivals seem to have way more pyro than they are supposed to.
June 10, 2014, midnight
S1E9 - Deux-Montagnes and Montreal
Sebastien and Phillipe get to play with fire as they launch a field full of pyro for Canada Day by hand. And the biggest fireworks competition in the world takes our team on a wild ride.
June 17, 2014, midnight
S1E10 - Campeche, Mexico and Blackpool, England
Sebastien and Phillipe find out what it takes to shoot pyro in Mexico. And in Britain, GFA takes a licking and keeps on kicking as they try to launch pyro off a windswept pier.
June 24, 2014, midnight
S1E11 - The Valley of Eternal Rain
This time on pyros, its a vertical challenge when Maude and her team take the on Montomorency Falls. A daring fireworks display with water all around them. It is the pyro's worst enemy and it has them surrounded.
July 1, 2014, midnight
S1E12 - Seoul, South Korea
GFA is entering and entirely new world of pyrotechnics. Philippe, Eric, and Benoit are helping to stage a show in Seoul South Korea that is going to blow them away. The stage is set for the biggest night of fireworks that the Pyros have ever seen.
July 1, 2014, midnight
Network: Discovery
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 30 min.
Released: April 22, 2014
Last Air Date: July 7, 2015, midnight
Status: Canceled
Certification: NR
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